pomum

pōmum, i, n. [root pa- of pasco, q. v.].

I.

Lit., fruit of any kind (apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.), Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 74; 15, 24, 30, § 104; 16, 26, 49, § 113; 17, 26, 39, § 247; Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16:

poma,

fruit, Verg. E. 7, 54; Ov. M. 13, 812; cf. Macr. S. 2, 6, 1.—Of truffles, Mart. 13, 50, 2.—Of grapes, Dig. 50, 16, 205; Nemes. Ecl. 3, 38:

et pomis arbores replebuntur,

Vulg. Lev. 26, 4.—

II.

Transf., for pomus, a fruit-tree, Cato, R. R. 28; Verg. G. 2, 426; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 240; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 35.